In this post, we present a wonderful video made by the talented video maker (and Artblog contributor) Ron Kanter that celebrates the Art at the Airport program, spearheaded by the great curator, Leah Douglas. Leah’s focus for the 20 years she’s headed the Art at the Airport program has been on local art, bringing the riches of the Philadelphia art scene to the thousands of daily travelers (30 million annual travelers!) into and out of PHL International. Congratulations, Leah on your wonderful 20 years of curating Art at the Airport! Here’s to 20 more years and beyond!

“Hale County This Morning, This Evening” is an emotion-charged, poetically non-narrative exploration of stereotypes of African American males in the South. The film, a Sundance favorite with many accolades, is a contemporary look at Hale County, Alabama, chronicled by Walker Evans and James Agee in their book, “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” (1941), which in turn inspired Aaron Copeland to write an opera. The film screens, FREE, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at 6:30 PM at the Annenberg Center on the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Registration is at Eventbrite, link in the post.

Artblog had a little soiree with our family of contributors. We love to talk and had so many great conversations! This video by our contributor, Carly Bellini, captures the spirit of the night in a nice compact 55 seconds. Thank you, family friends, for donating good food and beverages, and thanks, all who came out, for making the night sparkle. See you next time!

Artblog was at the opening of Philadelphia Assembled at the Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last weekend. We talked with lead artist Jeanne Van Heeswijk about her vast 4-year project brewing in the community and now assembled in the Perelman Building, with art, conversations, programs and workshops. Jeanne told us she will be in attendance each day the show is open (to Dec. 10) to greet people, talk with them and serve coffee. Go, and be sure to talk with this amazing artist and her collaborators. The show encapsulates conversations — including uncomfortable conversations — that have taken place so far. They are now looking for you to come in and talk. Thanks to Artblog’s new Community Intern, Carly Bellini, for this great 3-minute video overview. We hope you enjoy.

Did you make it to this year’s Art Book Fair? Now in its third year, this Philadelphia tradition features artists, writers, and editors from around the world. Meet some of them and check out the wares in this brief video.

With summer coming to a close, it’s time to get ready for the fall’s new art offerings around the city. And what better way to do that than by catching up with friends, new and old, to talk shop and find out what’s going on? That’s exactly what some of Artblog’s freelancers, editors, and friends did last week at the Writer’s Meet and Greet.

Creative Africa is a 5-exhibition blockbuster show of contemporary and traditional Africa Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Perelman Building. This video focuses on Philadelphia-based Walé Oyéjidé, designer, writer and Creative Director of the Ikiré Jones clothing label.

Akinbode Akinbiyi was born in England of Nigerian parents. The Berlin-based artist is a self-taught street photographer who calls himself a “wanderer.” He loves mega-cities and in fact he told us he wandered around our own mega-city, Philadelphia, and took photos when he was here. Artblog spoke with Akinbiyi on May 13, 2016, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Perelman Building, home of five Creative Africa exhibitions. You can see Akinbiyi’s beautiful black and white photos at the PMA Perelman building now until Sept. 25, 2016.

Francis Kéré is a Burkina Faso-born, Berlin-based architect known for his adaptive use of vernacular materials in structures like schools and other gathering places, especially in his native land. The Artblog video shows Kéré’s passion for community participation in his projects.

This summer, Artblog dove into the Philadelphia Museum’s Creative Africa show — and into the wonderful summer program, Art Splash, that introduces moms, dads, and kids of all ages to the great art on view, and facilitates art making by the viewers, right there in the museum.

On March 4, a group of intrepid art students from the Barnes Foundation, led by artist John B. Gatti, took a tour of Vox Populi, Savery Gallery, and Space 1026. Stay tuned for more Art Safaris coming later this year.